[Help!]
I was showing off the gorgeous new cover I'd commissioned, and accidentally clicked the wrong thing while setting up a coming-soon novel. Now I've unexpectedly been bound to an update System. If I don't write at least 3,000 words every day, I'll die. What should I do?
[Top answer]
This is great! I recommend binding every author who keeps missing updates to one!
Li Qingyi, a mediocre online novelist, was inexplicably bound to an update System.
System 697: You have been bound to an update System. Please publish at least 3,000 words within 24 hours.
Li Qingyi: ?
Update notification: Your old abandoned drafts are all terrible. Please revise one within 24 hours and publish 3,000 words of new content.
Li Qingyi: ??
Li Qingyi: Are you insulting me? I'm not updating!
System 697: Failure to meet the deadline will result in the death penalty.
Li Qingyi: ???
Help!
To stay alive, Li Qingyi was forced to embark on a journey of revision.
Her male and female leads used to fall in love out of nowhere, their feelings progressing at breakneck speed with no buildup.
Li Qingyi: I'll add myself as an obstacle in the way of your love!
Her characters were flat, and her villains were downright revolting.
Li Qingyi: Drink up! The villain's making me drink seven walnuts every day!
Faced with a cultivation comedy full of forced, utterly boring plot devices,
Li Qingyi: Time to get creative! Let's go wild!
And so, the reputation of Li Qingyi's much-maligned abandoned drafts began to turn around.
Reviews from before:
"This is awful. The plot's moving at a snail's pace. Dropped it."
"I thought it would be interesting, but I gave it too much credit."
"Not funny at all. Just gross."
Reviews now:
"Holy crap! So sweet! I'm crying over the beautiful love between the leads!"
"This plot is ridiculously satisfying. I'm hooked!"
"Damn, I laughed so hard I nearly died. This author is right on my wavelength!"
Li Qingyi: I went through so much just to stay alive.
Lu Jiuqi: Hugs... Now that we're done hugging, let's get back to updating, okay?
Li Qingyi (pushing him away): Are you trying to get yourself killed?!
Theme: Failure is the mother of success